The University of Southern Indiana menís and womenís cross country teams won its respective Little State championships Friday night at the Indiana Intercollegiate in Terre Haute, Indiana. The Screaming Eaglesí menís squad finished third overall while the women finished sixth overall.

Junior Doug Schwartz (Centralia, Illinois) won the menís individual Little State championship with an 8k time of 25:08. He finished ninth overall.

Senior Jenny Farmer (Princeton, Indiana) and sophomore Heather Cooksey (Brownsburg, Indiana) finished third and fourth, respectively, in the womenís Little State competition. The two came across the finish line with a 5k time of 18:48, with Farmer edging out Cooksey for third place. They finished 18th and 19th, respectively, overall.

The Eagles will return to action next Friday, September 26, as they travel to Cary, North Carolina to compete in the Great American Cross Country Festival.